PHP - Display variables from array

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I've very new to arrays and this is just beyond my understanding. How can I get the data out of this array and display it in an echo. I know this is an easy one! Thanks in advance! Here is the var_dump

array(2) { [0]=>  string(10) "John Smith" [1]=>  string(10) "Smithville" }

and code below

$string = "John Smith Smithville";
$townlist = array("smithville", "janeville", "placeville");

function stringSeperation($string, $list)
{
    $result = array();

    foreach($list as $item)
    {
        $pos = strrpos(strtolower($string), strtolower($item));
        if($pos !== false)
        {
            $result = array(trim(substr($string, 0, $pos)), trim(substr($string, $pos)));
            break;
        }
    }

    return $result;
}

var_dump(stringSeperation($string, $townlist));

echo name

echo town

Regards, -Dan

Felix Kling · Accepted Answer · 2010-11-29 09:43:18Z

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$result = stringSeperation($string, $townlist);

echo $result[0]; // prints the name
echo $result[1]; // prints the town

or

foreach($result as $value) {
    echo $value;
}

Learn more about arrays.

Note: For linebreaks, you should either use PHP_EOL or <br /> depending on whether you want to generate HTML or not.

answered Nov 29, 2010 at 9:43

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Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams · Accepted Answer · 2010-11-29 09:42:55Z

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$strs = stringSeperation($string, $townlist);
echo $strs[0] . "\n";
echo $strs[1] . "\n";

answered Nov 29, 2010 at 9:42

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Rodolphe · Accepted Answer · 2010-11-29 09:43:39Z

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$data = stringSeperation($string, $townlist);

$name = $data[0];
$town = $data[1];

echo $name;
echo $town;

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Greg · Accepted Answer · 2010-11-29 09:43:18Z

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echo arrayName[i]; where i is the index of the array you wish to output.

So in your case, echo $result[0]; will output name, echo $result[1]; will output town.

answered Nov 29, 2010 at 9:43

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martynthewolf · Accepted Answer · 2010-11-29 09:44:06Z

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You can simply echo an element of the array if you know the key by doing this

echo $townlist[0]; //this will echo smithville

If you want to echo the whole array do this

$count = count($townlist)

for($i=0; $i<$count; $i++){
    echo $townlist[$i];
}

this will output

smithville
janeville
placeville

hope that helps you out!

answered Nov 29, 2010 at 9:44

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Pops · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-09 21:40:33Z

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$count = count($result);

for($counter = 0;$counter<$count;$counter++)
{
    echo $result[$counter];
}

or

foreach($result as $value) 
{
    echo $value;
}

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answered Nov 29, 2010 at 9:49

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